Networks - Professional Development

Mission

The Network's primary purpose is to improve the quality of services offered to the gifted/creative/talented students through effective programs for training professionals to work with this unique population. This purpose is:

synthesizing and disseminating information that will expand the knowledge base in professional teacher training for education of the gifted/creative/talented;

providing in-service education at the professional-development level in order to encourage and stimulate professional growth;

serving as a public advocate of quality programs for training professionals to work with gifted students or to administer programs designed to meet their special needs; and

providing and disseminating recommended standards for the development and implementation of pre-service, in-service, and graduate training opportunities in gifted education.

The mission of the Professional Development Network is to improve the quality of personnel preparation programs and to further the development of leadership within the field of gifted education. Current network

Professional Development Award

The Professional Development Network annually awards a Professional Development Award. The Award recognizes an individual(s), institution, or organization for planning and implementing sustained professional development on gifted education.

Congratulations to Diane Cassidy and the Pikes Peak Gifted Educators, 2018 Professional Development Award recipiens for their program.

The program may relate to any age level within the gifted education context and be given to educators and service providers in PreK-12 or higher education.